Kimber & Mom Visit

Mom, Kimber and Hyrum came to visit for the weekend. I had been looking forward to them coming but had not been having a very good day. We had a good time eating at Zupas and Sweet Tomatoes where I don't usually eat. I'd like to say the shopping was fun, but it was mostly just discouraging. At least I was in good company and the boys were good as we dragged them all over.

While we were in Fashionbug Mom took both the boys.
I wish I had gotten a picture of her with a boy in each arm.

The best part of the shopping was that Mom found a great outfit that she decided not to get. Kimber and I sneakily picked it up while she wasn't looking and gave it to her that night so she could wear it for Stake Conference.

It was so much fun to see her reaction.

I copied this from Kimber's post about the weekend. After reading what she wrote I found it hard to add to what she said, so I thought I would just copy it. "Maybe the funnest part of the trip was seeing Max and Hyrum together. Even though they are only 3 days apart, they are so different in personality, even at only 5 months old. Hyrum is very laid back, doesn't move around much, grins but not freely, sleeps best in and enjoys his carseat and is total chub. Max is very laid back, constantly moving and observing, smiles and giggles at everything (so Adorable!), really doesn't like his carseat and is tall and slender. We weighed the boys and found that Max is 14 pounds and Hyrum 17 pounds and Max is taller. This picture doesn't really show the difference in size but the ones we took of them just in their diapers shows that they are build very different.

Every once in a while Kara and I would notice similarities in their features but wonder if it is just baby similarities rather than really looking at all like they share family features. Either way they are both fabulous little boys and we adore them."

They look like buddies. I hope they will be as they grow up.

Autumn stopped by and it was fun to spend some time with her and Landon. The rest of the weekend was spent staying up too late, watching Olympics and talking. It was not a restful weekend, but it was a fun one.

Usually we would have skipped church (heathens that we are) but I mentioned that Elder Ballard would be speaking in my Stake Conference so we decided to go. It was a really good meeting. It was also interesting to see how each of us was affected by different speakers. I most enjoyed Elder Ballards talk. He spoke about mental conversion vs. spiritual conversion. That a spiritual conviction must burn in the heart to backup the mental decision we made. I feel like that describes me perfectly right now. I have spent my entire life in the church, I know the steps, the "Sunday School answers," mentally I know the things I should do and why they will help me if I do them. I keep trying but my trying is half-hearted because it is based only on a mental conversion. I don't have the spiritual conviction that would make the things I do meaningful and uplifting.